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Overview

Brett T. Litz is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has a substantial publication record in the field of Psychology, with a concentration on Clinical Psychology. Their research spans several subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Sleep and related disorders

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brett T. Litz cover various aspects of trauma and mental health:

  • Defining and Assessing the Syndrome of Moral Injury: Initial Findings of the Moral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium, 2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Adaptive disclosure, a combat-specific PTSD treatment, versus cognitive-processing therapy, in deployed marines and sailors: A randomized controlled non-inferiority trial, 2021, Psychiatry Research

Other relevant papers from their research network include:

  • First-line Psychotherapies for Military-Related PTSD, 2020, JAMA
  • Dose-related effects of ketamine for antidepressant-resistant symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans and active duty military: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multi-center clinical trial, 2022, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Sleep problems in active duty military personnel seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: presence, change, and impact on outcomes, 2020, SLEEP

Brett T. Litz's frequent co-authors include:

  • Alan L. Peterson
  • Stacey Young-McCaughan
  • Jim Mintz
  • Katherine A. Dondanville
  • Jeffrey S. Yarvis

Their work is commonly published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • SLEEP
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Moral injury and moral repair in war veterans: A preliminary model and intervention strategy

    Brett T. Litz;Nathan Stein;Eileen Delaney;Leslie Lebowitz

  • Gender differences in anxiety disorders: prevalence, course of illness, comorbidity and burden of illness.

    Carmen P. McLean;Anu Asnaani;Brett T. Litz;Brett T. Litz;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11

    Holly G Prigerson;Holly G Prigerson;Mardi J. Horowitz;Selby C. Jacobs;Colin M. Parkes

  • Psychometric properties of the life events checklist.

    Matt J. Gray;Brett T. Litz;Julie L. Hsu;Thomas W. Lombardo

  • Psychotherapy for Military-Related PTSD: A Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.

    Maria M. Steenkamp;Brett T. Litz;Charles W. Hoge;Charles R. Marmar

  • Psychometric analysis of the PTSD Checklist-5 (PCL-5) among treatment-seeking military service members.

    Jennifer H. Wortmann;Alexander H. Jordan;Frank W. Weathers;Patricia A. Resick

  • PTSD Checklist—Civilian version (PCL-C)

    FW Weathers;BT Litz;JA Huska;TM Keane

  • The Quality of the Intimate Relationships of Male Vietnam Veterans: Problems Associated with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    David S. Riggs;David S. Riggs;Christina A. Byrne;Frank W. Weathers;Frank W. Weathers;Brett T. Litz;Brett T. Litz

  • Early intervention for trauma: Current status and future directions.

    Brett T. Litz;Matt J. Gray;Richard A. Bryant;Amy B. Adler

  • An Exploration of the Viability and Usefulness of the Construct of Moral Injury in War Veterans

    Kent D. Drescher;David W. Foy;Caroline Kelly;Anna Leshner

  • Psychometric Evaluation of the Moral Injury Events Scale

    William P. Nash;Teresa L. Marino Carper;Teresa L. Marino Carper;Mary Alice Mills;Mary Alice Mills;Teresa Au;Teresa Au

  • Moral Injury: An Integrative Review

    Brandon J. Griffin;Brandon J. Griffin;Natalie Purcell;Natalie Purcell;Kristine Burkman;Kristine Burkman;Brett T. Litz;Brett T. Litz

  • The impact of reported direct and indirect killing on mental health symptoms in Iraq war veterans.

    Shira Maguen;Barbara A. Lucenko;Mark A. Reger;Gregory A. Gahm

  • Lower precombat intelligence is a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Michael L. Macklin;Linda J. Metzger;Brett T. Litz;Richard J. McNally

  • PTSD Checklist—Civilian Version

    F. W. Weathers;B. Litz;D. Herman;J. Juska

  • A Randomized, Controlled Proof-of-Concept Trial of an Internet-Based, Therapist-Assisted Self-Management Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Brett T. Litz;M.P.H. Charles C. Engel;Richard A. Bryant;Anthony Papa

  • Is There More to Complicated Grief Than Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? A Test of Incremental Validity

    George A Bonanno;Yuval Neria;Anthony D Mancini;Karin G Coifman

  • Emotional priming of autobiographical memory in post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Richard J. McNally;Brett T. Litz;Adrienne Prassas;Lisa M. Shin

  • Emotional processing in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Brett T. Litz;Susan M. Orsillo;Danny Kaloupek;Frank Weathers

  • Effect of Prolonged Exposure Therapy Delivered Over 2 Weeks vs 8 Weeks vs Present-Centered Therapy on PTSD Symptom Severity in Military Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Edna B. Foa;Carmen P. McLean;Carmen P. McLean;Yinyin Zang;David Rosenfield

  • Information processing in anxiety disorders: Application to the understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder

    Brett T. Litz;Terence M. Keane

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan L. Peterson
Alan L. Peterson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Jim Mintz
Jim Mintz The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Shira Maguen
Shira Maguen University of California, San Francisco
Patricia A. Resick
Patricia A. Resick Duke University
Terence M. Keane
Terence M. Keane Boston University
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania
Frank W. Weathers
Frank W. Weathers Auburn University
Matthew J. Friedman
Matthew J. Friedman Dartmouth College
Matt J. Gray
Matt J. Gray University of Wyoming
Stefan G. Hofmann
Stefan G. Hofmann Philipp University of Marburg

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